Reid Farrington Presents : THE PASSION PROJECT
PERFORMANCE: June 19 - July 19 2008 $20 8pm
3LD Art & Technology Center
www.3LDNYC.org

80 Greenwich Street

THE PASSION PROJECT is spun from the reels of the last great silent film, Carl Th. Dreyer's 1928 masterpiece, "The Passion of Joan of Arc".

With support from
the Danish film Institute and The University of Copenhagen, this performance installation includes every frame Dreyer shot in relationship to the film, including the reels that -- like Joan herself -- were lost to fire.

THE PASSION PROJECT explodes the film into the three dimensions; placing the audience inside the film, sitting next Joan, subjecting them to her interrogators and the relentless rhythm of 30 mm film projection. Using a single live actor and multiple projection surfaces, THE PASSION PROJECT explores the intersection of performance and and film. It uses Dreyer's classic film as the main narrative along with the history behind the making of the film, a discussion with a Danish archivist, the story of making this project, and Joan's story; her trial, torture, and execution.

Directed by Reid Farrington

Performed by Shelley Kay
Costumes by Sara Jeanne Asselin

Set by Janet D. Clancy

and dramaturgy / technical assistance by Stephen O'Connell and Austin Guest.

THE PASSION PROJECT will have its official premiere at PS 122 in the fall.